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The Chula Vista Heritage Museum

The Chula Vista Heritage Museum The Heritage Museum preserves and promotes the history of Chula Vista and the South Bay.

We look forward to seeing you Thursday at 5:30pm.
04/19/2022

We look forward to seeing you Thursday at 5:30pm.

09/08/2021

RUTH Remember Us The Holocaust is open during library hours. For a personal tour for your group organization or school , send us a message.

Comic Con - “Art and the Holocaust – The art of Holocaust survivor Dr. Viktor Frankl”
07/17/2021
Comic Con - “Art and the Holocaust – The art of Holocaust survivor Dr. Viktor Frankl”

Comic Con - “Art and the Holocaust – The art of Holocaust survivor Dr. Viktor Frankl”

Art and the Holocaust discusses the art of Holocaust survivor Dr. Viktor E. Frankl (author of Man’s Search For Meaning). This panel features Dr. Frankl’s grandson, Alexander Vesely-Frankl, a producer and award-winning documentary film director at Noetic Films in Los Angeles, California. He is al...

08/15/2020

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Chula Vista Heritage Virtual Programs. You will find something for everyone and we welcome you to be apart of our shows. Just be South Bay.

08/12/2020
John Sheffield, Chula Vista life

John Sheffield, Chula Vista life

Meet Stewart Sheffield and Elaine Lancaster. Learn about John Sheffield in the South Bay. From cars to recovery, this episode has it all. Chula Vista Heritag...

08/02/2020
Isaac Artenstein talks with Sandra Scheller

Isaac Artenstein talks with Sandra Scheller

Isaac Artenstein talks about his roots in the South Bay, film directing, teaching and current projects. He is part of the Chula Vista Heritage Museum virtual...

08/02/2020
Harry Orgovan talks with Andrew Yuen from the USFWS

Harry Orgovan talks with Andrew Yuen from the USFWS

Harry Orgovan hosts Our Lives-Our Future Leaders in Our Community a youtube /podcast featuring the South Bay and the different leaders. Meet Andrew Yuen the ...

07/17/2020
Ursula Israelski Holocaust survivor from the South Bay

Meet Ursula Israelski a Holocaust survivor from the South Bay.

Ursula Israelsi is a Holocaust survivor who was in orphanages. She was ripped from her mother who was sent to Auschwitz. Ursula is in the Chula Vista Heritag...

07/01/2020
Remember Us The Holocaust presents Miriam Katin

Chula Vista Heritage Museum presents

Meet Miriam Katin, Holocaust survivor- winner of the INKSPOT award Comic Con International 2007, artist for the New York Post and author of We are On Our Own...

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One week from today: In honor of Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Memorial Day), the South Bay Historical Society and The Chula Vista Heritage Museum present "Never Again - Never Forget". The exhibit curator, Sandra Scheller, will show a video presentation, followed by Q&A with holocaust survivors Ursula Israelski & Ben Midler. The evening will conclude with a tour of the Chula Vista Heritage Museum's current exhibit RUTH: Remember Us The Holocaust.
In honor of Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Memorial Day), South Bay Historical Society and The Chula Vista Heritage Museum present "Never Again - Never Forget". The exhibit curator, Sandra Scheller, will show a video presentation, followed by Q&A with holocaust survivors Ursula Israelski & Ben Midler. The evening will conclude with a tour of the Chula Vista Heritage Museum's current exhibit RUTH: Remember Us The Holocaust.
Hi to all i hope this post is allowed if not then please delete I got this 1986 Chula Vista 75 yr. Anniversary belt buckle was wondering if anyone wants to buy it. Has never been used thank you
Hello, Monday and Day 2 of Preservation Week! As we start the week, we’d like to highlight our local cultural heritage institutions that work hard to preserve and share our history. Balboa Park alone has 17 museums! And, did you know that there are HUNDREDS of museums, historical societies, community centers, libraries, and visitor centers in San Diego County alone?

Today’s action item for how you can Preserve Community Archives:

Pick a day to go visit (COVID-19 regulations permitting) and support one of these sites, whether it’s a longtime favorite or one that is new to you. There really is something for everyone. We’ll tag a few here to get you started.👇

Barona Cultural Center & Museum
Bonita Museum and Cultural Center
Centro Cultural de la Raza
The Chula Vista Heritage Museum
San Diego Art Institute
Japanese Friendship Garden
Museum of Making Music
Museum of Us
New Americans Museum
San Diego Chinese Historical Museum
San Diego History Center

📷: Here’s a peek of the archives at the San Diego History Center (tagged above), which has an incredible collection of local historic documents, photographs, clothing, objects, art, and oral histories.
You can now experience the R.U.T.H. Remember Us The Holocaust exhibit virtually with museum curator Sandra Scheller.

The RUTH exhibit features Holocaust survivors of the South Bay in San Diego. Photos, documents, and items from South Bay survivors are on display along with the Jewish communities of Chula Vista.

Try to Remember-Never Forget
City of Chula Vista Government
Mayor Mary Casillas Salas
South Bay Historical Society
The Chula Vista Heritage Museum
Chula Vista Cultural Arts
This week the committee who coordinated The Chula Vista Heritage Museum Remember Us: The Holocaust Exhibit were recognized during City Council Special Orders. Congrats to everyone who worked on this powerful exhibit and thank you to exhibit curator Sandy Scheller for collecting these stories.

This free exhibit is the first Holocaust exhibit in San Diego County and will be open during regular library hours at the Civic Center Branch. Monday-Thursday from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., Friday and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday from 1 to 5 p.m. until December 2020.
A new exhibit at the The Chula Vista Heritage Museum that focuses on the Holocaust also covers the Armenian genocide. In particular, it tells the story of DA Summer Stephan's very own grandmother, Therese Serapian, who survived the Armenian genocide.
DA Stephan shared some of the photos of the exhibit's grand opening on Sunday.
You can read more about the grand opening here: http://bit.ly/2QTdVcT
This past Sunday I was invited to the grand opening of a very special exhibit at the The Chula Vista Heritage Museum, the RUTH: Remember Us the Holocaust exhibit.
The exhibit focuses on the Holocaust but it also covers the Armenian genocide. In particular, it tells the story of my very own grandmother, Therese Serapian, who survived the genocide.
It was an honor to be at this important event that remembers the survivors of these tragic moments in history. We must never forget.
You can read more about the grand opening here: http://bit.ly/2QTdVcT
Thank you to everyone who attended The Chula Vista Heritage Museum exhibit opening "Project Ruth: Remember Us The Holocaust" featuring Holocaust survivors who settled in the South Bay.

This free exhibit will run from January 2020 - December 2020 and is the first Holocaust exhibit in San Diego County. You can visit the exhibit during regular library hours Monday-Thursday from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., Friday and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday from 1 to 5 p.m.

For more information on the exhibit please visit: https://chulavistaheritagemuseum.org/ruth-exhibit/
Explore Chula Vista's unique history of agriculture and industry with our feature on 10News – ABC San Diego KGTV.

Thank you to our Local History Librarian Tanya as well as members Harry and Shelly of the South Bay Historical Society and The Chula Vista Heritage Museum for giving us a look into the past of our wonderful city.
Come join members of the Chula Vista Heritage Museum at an event that coincides with our Fronterizos exhibit. Professor Alberto Pulido and lowrider Rigo Reyes will show their documentary "Everything Comes From The Streets" and have a discussion of the 8 qualities of lowriding. The event begins at 5:30pm on Tuesday, August 21st at Factory of Dreams on Third Avenue in Chula Vista.
Make sure to visit the new part of our Fronterizos exhibit: Cesar Chavez and the Short-Handled Hoe - - el cortito!
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